Mr. Göran Sluiter assigned as foreign defence lawyer

The Defence Support Section of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia has assignedMr. Göran Sluiter as a foreign lawyer to represent a Suspect named in the Third Introductory Submission submitted by the International Co-Prosecutor to the Office of the Co-Investigating Judges on 7 September 2009. The Third Introductory Submission is part of the Case File in Case 004.

Mr. Sluiter is a Dutch criminal defence lawyer from Amsterdam and also a professor in international criminal law at the University of Amsterdam. He has extensive experience in international criminal law having worked as a judge in international crimes cases in the Netherlands and for defence teams at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Court.

The identity of any Suspect named in the Third Introductory Submission remains confidential.

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The Spirit House was inaugurated on 12 May 2006. It contains a sculpture of the guardian spirit Lokta Dambang Dek (the Lord of the Iron Staff). All Buddhist witnesses takes an oath about speaking truthfully at the spirit house before testifying in the courtroom.